3. Take the application form and original documents to an authorized person (i.e. notary public, lawyer, or Service BC agent). This person will do two things for you:

Witness your signature(s) on the “Declaration” section, and then sign and stamp the form with an official stamp.

Create certified copies of each page of your document(s), and stamp and sign the copies to certify them as copies of the original documents. Vital Statistics cannot accept your evidence unless it is certified.

Tip: Legislation allows authorized persons to charge a fee for this service. Find out about fees before visiting an office.

4. Include payment for the requested change, and any new certificates you order.

Change to the registration

$27.00

Certificates

$27.00

Registration photocopies

$50.00

Note: We cannot issue new certificates until we receive all certificates issued prior to the change.

5. Submit ALL the items listed below by mail to the Vital Statistics Agency or in person to a Service BC counter.

Correction of Error or Omission form signed by you and an authorized person.

Certified copies of evidence to support the change (you keep the originals).

All certificates or registration photocopies issued prior to the change.

Payment for the change, plus the cost of any new certificates or registration photocopies.

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